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Lilaq Logan, an IDF commander with Jewish and Hebrew Israelite heritage, has been posting videos about the war on Instagram, where she has more than 25,000 followers. (Courtesy via JTA)
December 22, 2023, 10:57 am
Israelis of color push back against race-based, anti-Israel narratives spread abroad
With backgrounds as varied as their online personas, a growing number of Israeli social media influencers work to dispel lies disseminated by pro-Palestinian activists since Oct. 7
By Andrew Esensten
Illustrative: Israeli women from the Ethiopian Jewish community pray during the Sigd holiday marking the desire to 'return to Jerusalem,' as they celebrate from a hilltop in the holy city overlooking the Temple Mount, on November 16, 2017. (AFP Photo/Gali Tibbon)
November 23, 2022, 5:02 am
New educational resources in US give boost to Ethiopian Jewish holiday of Sigd
Children’s book and ‘Sigd-in-a-box’ rolled out ahead of Tuesday festival, as American Jews look to embrace racial diversity, global peoplehood
By PHILISSA CRAMER
People hold a sign in their car during a car parade to mark Juneteenth on Saturday, June 19, 2021, in Inglewood, California. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
June 17, 2022, 6:15 pm
On Juneteenth, US Jewish communities are reckoning with their own attitudes on race
Around the country, institutions host Shabbat and other programming aimed at educating about racism generally and also grappling with its existence in their own spaces
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Demonstrators gather to protest the death of George Floyd, near the White House in Washington, June 1, 2020. (AP/Evan Vucci)
May 3, 2022, 4:27 am
Trump pushed for opening fire on White House protesters, ex-Pentagon chief reveals
President asked for troops to shoot at legs of people rallying against killing of George Floyd in 2020, according to excerpts from tell-all being published by Mark Esper
By AFP
Illustrative. An elite Border Police unit takes part in an exercise in the IDF's counterterrorism training center outside of the central Israeli city of Modiin. (Israel Police)
March 18, 2022, 11:23 pm
ADL considered scrapping its US police training trips to Israel, decided not to
After defending the programs at the height of 2020 anti-brutality protests, the anti-racism organization is now admitting that an internal memo questioned their ethicality
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Louisville Democratic mayoral candidate Craig Greenberg speaks during a news conference in Louisville, Kentucky, February 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
February 18, 2022, 5:15 am
Jewish Louisville mayor candidate ‘traumatized’ as shooting suspect released
Black Lives Matters-affiliated group pays $100,000 cash bond to free Quintez Brown, 21, days afer he was arrested for attempted murder for trying to shoot Craig Greenberg
By PIPER HUDSPETH BLACKBURN and DYLAN LOVAN
Deborah Lipstadt walks a red carpet for 'Denial' during the 11th Rome Film Festival at Auditorium Parco Della Musica in Rome on October 17, 2016. (Elisabetta A. Villa/WireImage)
January 9, 2022, 10:08 pm
Lipstadt may be asked to apologize before confirmation as antisemitism envoy
Report says GOP lawmakers may insist Holocaust scholar make amends for calling out a Republican senator on his ‘white supremacist’ rhetoric
By Shira Hanau
MK Nachman Shai attends a Knesset committee meeting, on November 13, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
August 10, 2021, 10:26 am
‘We may lose US’ if liberal Jews continue backing BDS, BLM — Diaspora minister
Nachman Shai couples Israel boycott movement with Black Lives Matter, which was criticized for antisemitic remarks made by some of its leaders but won support of many US Jews
By Jacob Magid
Rep. Ilhan Omar, Democrat of Minnesota left, joined at right by Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Democrat of Michigan, listens to US President Donald Trump's State of the Union speech, at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 5, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
August 1, 2021, 2:35 pm
Antisemitism increasingly politicized in 2020 US media coverage – study
Tel Aviv think tank finds that press investigated hatred of Jews expressed around COVID, Black Lives Matter protests, elections
By Lazar Berman
Street artist Akse P19 repairs the mural of Manchester United striker and England player Marcus Rashford on the wall of the Coffee House Cafe on Copson Street, in Withington, Manchester, England, July 13, 2021. (AP/Jon Super)
July 14, 2021, 6:07 pm
Defaced UK soccer star mural transformed into symbol of anti-racism
Supporters repair and tape messages of support on art piece in Marcus Rashford’s hometown; ‘You will always be a hero,’ 9-year-old fan writes
By DANICA KIRKA
In this image taken from video, former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin addresses the court as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides over Chauvin's sentencing on June 25, 2021, at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. (Court TV via AP, Pool)
June 25, 2021, 11:39 pm
Minnesota cop Derek Chauvin gets 22.5 years in prison for George Floyd’s murder
Punishment falls short of 30 years prosecutors requested; with good behavior, ex-officer could be paroled after serving two-thirds of sentence for crime that shocked the nation
By Amy Forliti and Steve Karnowski
In this image from video, former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin listens as the verdict is read in his trial for the 2020 death of George Floyd, on April 20, 2021, at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Court TV via AP, Pool)
June 24, 2021, 9:45 pm
Minneapolis ex-cop set to be sentenced for George Floyd murder
Derek Chauvin faces up to 30 years in prison, after being convicted of the African-American man’s killing, which set off major US protests against racism last year
By Kerem YUCEL and Charlotte Plantive
A Jewish demonstrator holds a sign as part of social justice protests following the death of George Floyd. (Courtesy of Sumekh/ via JTA)
June 15, 2021, 4:17 am
The US Jewish communal response to George Floyd’s murder, 1 year later
While many Jews of color see an enthusiastic embrace of efforts to spur diversity and change, only time will tell whether these commitments endure
By Asaf Shalev
Clockwise from left: A still shot From the play 'Anne and Emmett' (courtesy); Emmett Till, and Anne Frank. (Public domain)
June 13, 2021, 2:35 am
‘Child martyrs to national evils,’ Frank and Till’s legacies increasingly tied
Their deaths separated by 10 years, Anne Frank and Emmett Till are connected by historians, filmmakers and playwrights. On Saturday, Frank would have been 92
By Matt Lebovic
File: The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations executive vice chair Malcolm Hoenlein (R) and CEO William Daroff at The Times of Israel offices in Jerusalem. (Times of Israel)
May 31, 2021, 4:55 pm
US antisemitism far worse than reported, say Conference of Presidents leaders
Vast majority of incidents go unreported, argues Malcolm Hoenlein; intersectionality seen as major driver of latest wave of attacks
By Lazar Berman
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